jpdb beta

a certain ...; some ...

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early afternoon

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rear garden; back yard

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accurate; correct; precise; exact

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baked sweets

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to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)

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whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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addition; supplement; appending; appendix

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to sit on a seat

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pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

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marriage proposal; courtship

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fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

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even if; even though; however; no matter how

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youngest child

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royal family

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to get along well with; to make a go of it

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forecast; prediction

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at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

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to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

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agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

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nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

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at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully

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pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

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chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

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with a gulp

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swallowing; deglutition

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commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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we

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(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

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circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional

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reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

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growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation

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scarce; rare

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area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)

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cultivation

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if so; in that case; in that situation

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periodic; regular; routine

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cooperation; collaboration

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warrior

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nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)

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no matter how much time passes

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rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

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to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

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